Laura Vogel Class: Graduated Hometown: Mercer Island, WA High School: Mercer Island Last College: Columbia Event: Middle Distances

Collegiate Career Bests:
800 Meters: 2:17.24

At Stanford: Vogel comes to Stanford after graduating as a graduate student after graduating from Columbia in 2011.

At Columbia: Earned second-team All-Ivy League honors at the 2009 Outdoor Heptagonal Championships, with a second place finish in the 4x400m relay ... member of the 4x400m relay squad that placed second at the 2008-09 Indoor Heptagonal championships, earning second-team All-Ivy honors and setting a new school record (3:48.87).

High School: Earned four varsity letters in track and one in soccer ... two-time captain of track team ... Washington 3A 400m state champion in 2005 ... Washington 3A Long Jump District 2 champion in 2006 ... Mercer Island Track MVP, Best "Hang Time" and Best Sprinter as junior and senior ... National Merit Finalist ... National Honor Society.

Personal: A graduate student at Stanford ... graduated from Columbia with a degree in environmental science ... has played the violin since the fifth grade ... born in Palo Alto.